agents.anac.y2011.IAMhaggler2011

Class IAMhaggler2011

java.lang.Object

negotiator.Agent

agents.anac.y2011.IAMhaggler2011.IAMhaggler2011

public class IAMhaggler2011
extends Agent

Author:

Colin Williams The IAMhaggler Agent, created for ANAC 2011. Designed by C. R. Williams, V. Robu, E. H. Gerding and N. R. Jennings.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected double	acceptMultiplier
protected BidCreator	bidCreator
protected double	MAXIMUM_ASPIRATION
protected Action	myLastAction
protected Bid	myLastBid
protected double	RISK_PARAMETER

Fields inherited from class negotiator.Agent

fNegotiation, parametervalues, sessionNr, sessionsTotal, startTime, strategyParameters, timeline, totalTime, utilitySpace

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
IAMhaggler2011()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Action	chooseAction() this function is called after ReceiveMessage, with an Offer-action.
protected Jama.Matrix	generateRiskFunction(double riskParameter) Generate an n-by-m matrix representing the risk based utility for a given utility-time combination.
protected double	generateRiskFunction(double riskParameter, double utility) Generate the risk based utility for a given actual utility.
java.lang.String	getName()
protected double	getTarget(double opponentUtility, double time) Get the target at a given time, recording the opponent's utility.
static java.lang.String	getVersion() Gets the version number.
void	init() This method is called by the protocol every time before starting a new session after the internalInit method is called.
protected Bid	proposeInitialBid()
protected Bid	proposeNextBid(Bid opponentBid)
void	ReceiveMessage(Action opponentAction) informs you which action the opponent did

Methods inherited from class negotiator.Agent

endSession, getAgentID, getParameterValues, getSessionNumber, getSessionsTotal, getStrategyParameters, getUtility, internalInit, isUIAgent, loadSessionData, parseStrategyParameters, restartDataObjectsFolder, saveSessionData, setAgentID, setName, sleep

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

RISK_PARAMETER

protected double RISK_PARAMETER

bidCreator

protected BidCreator bidCreator

MAXIMUM_ASPIRATION

protected double MAXIMUM_ASPIRATION

myLastAction

protected Action myLastAction

myLastBid

protected Bid myLastBid

acceptMultiplier

protected double acceptMultiplier

Constructor Detail

IAMhaggler2011

public IAMhaggler2011()

Method Detail

init

public void init()

Description copied from class: Agent

This method is called by the protocol every time before starting a new session after the internalInit method is called. User can override this method.

Overrides:

init in class Agent

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Overrides:

getName in class Agent

Returns:

name of the agent.

proposeInitialBid

protected Bid proposeInitialBid()
                         throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

proposeNextBid

protected Bid proposeNextBid(Bid opponentBid)
                      throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getTarget

protected double getTarget(double opponentUtility,
               double time)

Get the target at a given time, recording the opponent's utility.

Parameters:

opponentUtility - The utility of the most recent offer made by the opponent.

time - The current time.

Returns:

the target.

generateRiskFunction

protected Jama.Matrix generateRiskFunction(double riskParameter)

Generate an n-by-m matrix representing the risk based utility for a given utility-time combination. The combinations are given by the time and utility samples stored in timeSamples and utilitySamples

Parameters:

riskParameter - The risk parameter.

Returns:

an n-by-m matrix representing the risk based utility.

generateRiskFunction

protected double generateRiskFunction(double riskParameter,
                          double utility)

Generate the risk based utility for a given actual utility.

Parameters:

riskParameter - The risk parameter.

utility - The actual utility to calculate the risk based utility from.

Returns:

the risk based utility.

ReceiveMessage

public final void ReceiveMessage(Action opponentAction)

Description copied from class: Agent

informs you which action the opponent did

Overrides:

ReceiveMessage in class Agent

getVersion

public static java.lang.String getVersion()

Gets the version number.

Returns:

the version number.

chooseAction

public final Action chooseAction()

Description copied from class: Agent

this function is called after ReceiveMessage, with an Offer-action.

Specified by:

chooseAction in class Agent

Returns:

(should return) the bid-action the agent wants to make.